Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Lunae Planum
Clean Name Lunae Planum
Feature ID 3519
Target Mars
Feature Type Planum, plana

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.07 °
Southmost Latitude -4.74 °
Eastmost Longitude 305.43 °
Westmost Longitude 280.43 °
Diameter 1817.66 km
Center Latitude 10.79 °
Center Longitude 294.49 °
Quad mc10 [pdf]

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1973
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Latin
Origin Classical albedo feature name.
Reference [57] - Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi: Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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